Chapter 48: Eight Percent
The commander of the 2nd Fleet, Zeng Yiding, was a difficult figure in the navy, and the incident of the independence of the Shanghai Fleet in the early years, the assassination of his confidant Marine Corps Commander Yang Yanzhong when Du (Du Xiqi) was overthrown, and the Lin Yuanquan incident during the Fujian Mutiny, were all planned and arranged by him. Such a heroic figure hidden in the navy is a hidden danger at all, and maybe one day he will collude with someone and have an abnormal incident. However, since he is a heroic figure, he naturally has the ability of a hero, and after receiving the order of Lieutenant General Chen Jiliang, he hurried over.
"Ji Liang, is this going to fight the Japanese?" As soon as he entered the office, Zeng Yiding closed the door and asked him bluntly, his eyes stared at Chen Jiliang without blinking, as if he wanted to see Chen Jiliang through.
"I don't know." Chen Jiliang couldn't be sure what Chen Shaokuan meant, who was thousands of miles away, not to mention that he would send someone back by plane urgently, there must be documents to be sent back, which was not a trivial matter. "It should be a precaution."
"The Japanese haven't been moving much lately." Zeng Yiding didn't believe what Chen Jiliang said, but he couldn't judge anything when he looked at his expression, so he had to start talking, he believed that with Chen Shaokuan's trust in him, he always knew something he didn't know.
"It has nothing to do with the Japanese." Chen Jiliang said, "It's just that the minister suddenly came to order." After he said that, he handed the telegram to Zeng Yiding, and then said: "This matter is very strange, but before this Qiu Zhongming returned to China, we should still act according to the order." β
Zeng Yiding, who had read the telegram, fell into deep thought, and was stunned for a moment before he smiled and said: "The minister is too, he said that the overhaul will be overhauled, what about the money?" β
"Money?" Chen Jiliang was inexplicable, "What money?" β
"The money for maintenance!" It was once a top road. "These four torpedo boats are more than 30 years old, and they have been overhauled but there is no money to repair them, but now it is better to repair them together. I think Houfu has not thought enough about it this time, and it will cost a lot of money to completely overhaul these ships. I'll let them go to Jiangnan in the afternoon, and I don't care about anything else. β
Seeing that Chen Jiliang didn't know what was going on, Zeng Yiding said a few words and left, and in the afternoon, together with the Jiankang, all four torpedo boats went straight down the river to Shanghai. As Zeng Yiding imagined, it was also a trouble for these five ships to arrive at the Jiangnan Shipyard, and the director, Colonel Ma Deji, was at a loss after hanging up Chen Jiliang's phone. Overhaul, what to overhaul?
"Let's let people take a look first, what can be repaired and what can't be repaired, how much it costs, you have to check it first." Colonel Ma Deji, who felt a headache, called the deputy director, Colonel Chen Zaofan.
"Oh, these broken ships!" Chen Zaofan had a headache when he saw the four torpedo boats, especially the Hupeng, once the propeller flew out with the propeller open, which was really scary! The other three were not much better, all of them were old and corroded.
"Don't you." Ma Deji glared at him. "Nanjing is very anxious about this matter, you immediately organize someone to inspect, and after the inspection, open a list to go up, so as to ask the Ministry of Military Affairs for money."
"Understood." Chen Zao Fan responded, hurriedly found someone to overhaul, and the next day he took a list: Hu Peng can't be repaired, the remaining four ships to be repaired are also overhauled, there are definitely a lot of things to be replaced, it is estimated that it will cost at least 600,000 national dollars, and it may even be more, Ma Deji saw this and simply added 200,000 yuan in case of accidents, so the maintenance report was sent to the Admiralty on the same day, and the content was one: money!
800,000 national dollars may not seem like a lot of money, but it is a lot for the Admiralty, which has a monthly budget of less than 500,000 yuan and a total annual expenditure of less than 5 million. If you want to allocate a huge amount of money of 800,000 yuan for ship repair, you must apply to the Ministry of Military Affairs, but on what grounds? Vice Admiral Chen Jiliang of the Nanjing Admiralty frowned deeply after reading the telegram sent from Shanghai. But something that made it even more difficult for him came later, and the Berlin telegram arrived, asking him not only to 'raise his own funds,' but also to 'order most of the 1st Independent Brigade of the Marine Corps to secretly assemble and prepare for the move.'
If it is said that overhauling ships is an internal affair of the navy, then secretly transferring the 1st Independent Brigade to Fujian is a violation of military orders and military law. Once the Ministry of Military Affairs learns about it, the board will definitely be knocked down, and the lighter ones will lose their official positions and go to prison. What the hell is wrong with this Chen Houfu?!
Of course, Chen Jiliang, who was in the Admiralty in Nanjing, couldn't guess Chen Shaokuan's thoughts, and Li Kongrong, the initiator of everything, was in a massage parlor on Berlin's Kant Strasse at the moment, but he didn't go for a massage, but to find someone.
"Isn't that job a joke of yours?" After receiving this call from the Chinese, the Italian woman thought about how to seize this opportunity to make a lot of money, so she downplayed it and did not take it seriously at all.
Li Kongrong was a little anxious - it was already July 3rd, but there was still no news from Jiang Weiguo, and if it dragged on, the first opportunity would be lost, he didn't want to lose the opportunity to come to this woman, but he didn't expect her to be deliberately embarrassed.
"If you want to be here for the rest of your life, no, I'm wrong, with your age, maybe you'll be kicked out in a few years. I'm your only chance to change your fate, and it's a shame that you're going to give it up. Li Kongrong sneered indifferently, although he didn't know much about this Italian woman's past, he could feel that she was unwilling to accept fate, otherwise, why would she risk going to prison to come to Germany to pan for gold. For women, Ren Lao Zhu Huang is the most terrifying, and she is now close to Ren Lao Zhu Huang.
"Stop." Seeing that Li Kongrong actually got up and went out, Susan immediately couldn't sit still, and she said anxiously: "At least 500 marks per month, and 500 marks for each task." Seeing Li Kongrong turn around and sneer at herself, she had to say, "There must be five hundred marks a month, otherwise I'd rather stay here!" β
"Good, deal!" The sneering Li Kongrong suddenly agreed to her request, and added: "No price increase within a year!" β
"I agree." The woman nodded cleanly, but with some uneasiness in her heart, she lit a cigarette and said, "If I'm arrested, you have to find a way to get me out!" β
"Of course!" Li Kongrong nodded and lit a cigarette as well, "But things are very safe, as long as you don't make a mistake, you won't be arrested!" β
"Really?" The woman held one hand across her waist and the elbow of the other hand in her palm, this hand was holding a slender cigarette, her mouth was spitting out long smoke, and with her curly hair and long skirt, Li Kongrong suddenly felt that she really had the potential to be a spy.
"I promise." Li Kongrong confirmed, "I can guarantee that you will be able to save $100,000 in a few years, as long as you are obedient." And you're going to be respected, you know, respected! Then, when you're old, you can write a memoir that will be remembered by everyone in the future: Susan Ruth Esposito. β
Li Kongrong flickered at this Italian woman, not wanting her next sentence to make him stunned, she said: "Are you a communist?" I know this thing. But I hope you'd better pay me five hundred marks at once, which is my salary for the month. β
"You can't wait." Li Kongrong reached out for his wallet, but he stopped halfway: "I think you should prove your ability first, such as finding someone first, at least ask his phone number." β
"Looking for whom?" Susan took a hard puff on her cigarette and snuffed it out, making up her mind.
"Find him!" Li Kongrong took out a photo, which was one of the photos taken by Kong Xiangxi when he went to Germany last month, and after washing it out, he stole the one with Jiang Weiguo. In order to keep it secret, only Jiang Weiguo was left in the photo, but the miraculous thing is that Susan still recognized him. She said, "I know this man!" β
"What?!" Li Kongrong was shocked, could it be that this young Italian woman had prostituted Chang Ergongzi.
"Yes, I know him!" Susan said seriously, "He used to be here with a few other Chinese, and one of them liked Lucica, a lowly Austrian bitch. Son, spent a lot of money on her. He said at the time that this man was the son of their leader, a big man, very rich, so I remember. β
"Do you know him best, where to find him? Or can you get his phone number? Li Kongrong was relieved, it seems that the princelings have always ganged up when they visit brothels.
"Can you give me the money now?" Susan looked at him, and she felt that the task was too easy.
"Of course." This time, Li Kongrong did not hesitate to take out his wallet, took out five hundred marks and did not give it to her, but put it on the table. He said, "Okay, you tell me how much time you'll need to find him......"
"Right now!" Susan grabbed the money on the table, and then pulled Li Kongrong out of the cubicle, walked into the massage parlor, passed through several doors and winding corridors, and then came out on another street, Susan pointed to a cafΓ© diagonally opposite: "If nothing else, that group of Chinese are drinking coffee inside, he should be inside." β
After thinking hard for more than a month to find Jiang Weiguo, it is better for this woman to point at her finger. Li Kongrong immediately laughed, he never thought of using those princelings as clues to find Jiang Weiguo, he only thought of starting from the embassy and military attachΓ©.
"The next thing is to go to him and tell him that someone is going to assassinate his father." Li Kongrong said according to the original plan.
"Five hundred marks!" Susan smiled and held out her hand.
"No, find him and tell him the news, gain his trust, and that's what accomplishes the mission." Li Kongrong opened her hand, "The key is to gain his trust, but he believes that there are many people behind you who are collecting intelligence and know everything about the Japanese......"
"And let him pay us?" Susan immediately guessed Li Kongrong's routine and looked at him and laughed. "If he is really the son of a Chinese leader, the news of his assassination of his father will definitely sell for a big price, and the money you give me is too little!"
"No price increases for a year! We just said that. Li Kongrong resolutely objected, and when he saw that the woman wanted to repent, he said again: "This money is not for me, the person who provided me with the news will take 90 percent, you know, 90 percent!" He then found a piece of paper, wrote down the name of the Swiss bank 'Rokuro Kono' and the large list of account numbers, and handed it to Susan: "All the money will be sent to him, and he will send me another ten percent of it, and I will give it to you." I don't make much, you should be content! β
"I don't believe it! You're definitely twenty percent! The woman said she didn't believe it, but she still took the piece of paper with the bank account number written on it, and she said, "How should I tell him?" β
"Listen, his name is Jiang Weiguo, the second son of Chang Kaishen, the head of Chinese state, and his father offended the Japanese, so the Japanese are planning a conspiracy, and they are going to plan an attack in Beiping, China, on July 7," Li Kongrong said the made up routine, but the woman couldn't understand the Chinese city, so he pulled her back to the massage parlor box and spent half an hour doing a popular science. At best, he asked, "Do you understand everything?" β
"Of course, remember them all." The woman smiled coquettishly, she was not seducing, she felt that Li Kongrong repeatedly said that these things were too underestimating her, and she had a way to deal with men.
"The point is for him to tell his father the news right away!" "If he doesn't believe it, or doesn't tell his father, then we won't be able to make money next time, you know?" β
"Of course I do!" At the mention of Qian Susan, she became serious, "But I want at least ten percent!" β
"No price increase after one year!" Li Kongrong emphasized.
"Eight percent!" Susan insisted, but lowered by two points.
"Some of the information is not worth much, most likely less than five hundred marks." Li Kongrong explained, looking good for her.
"Then ten percent, and five hundred marks for less than five hundred marks." "Mr. Li, there is no better person than me," she said, "and," she smiled, "I can promise that I will never betray ......"
"You're going to betray me?!" Li Kongrong pulled out the gun before he finished listening to it, the pillow on the bed was blocked in the gun's eye, and his eyes were staring at this woman, as if he was about to tear her apart immediately!
"No, I just promise I won't ......" The woman was finally a little scared, she had seen people kill people in such a way that the pillow stuck in the muzzle of the gun would make the gunshots so low that no one knew when she was shot.
"What I gave him was information to help him, and even if you told him that I was providing information, he wouldn't do anything to me because he needed my information! I'm looking for you because I'm afraid that his enemies will find me, not that I don't dare to face him. Do you understand?! Li Kongrong's deep voice warned in her ear, and the gun was pressed against her head through the pillow. Also, don't forget that he is the son of the head of China, and if I ask him to kill you, it will be a very simple and simple matter, because after I appear, you will have no more value! Do you understand?! β
"I see, sir! I understand...... "Draw a gun and face each other without saying a word, still such a handsome gentleman, Susan's face turned pale and sweat broke out, and she kept nodding her head to say that she understood.
"It's good to understand!" Li Kongrong glared at her again before snatching it, "I hate it when others threaten me the most!" He said angrily.
"You go to him immediately, be sure to believe you, so that this information will reach the ears of his father Chang Kaishen, and we can make a lot of money in the future." Li Kongrong put away his gun and said, "Tell him that this piece of information is free, and the next piece of information will start to charge." β
"When will you tell him the next one? Am I going to go to him again? Susan, relieved, asked, and it was only then that the danger was lifted, and she felt all wet underneath her - it was so exciting, she liked rough men!
"He'll come to you on his own initiative." Li Kongrong smiled, "If you can make you believe you and tell his father this information, he will take the initiative to come to you next time." If that's the case, I can consider giving you eight percent. β